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Job (Parry)

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Job is an English oratorio by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, completed for the 1892 Three Choirs Festival. It sets episodes from the biblical Book of Job for solo voices, mixed chorus, and orchestra, including the central figure's suffering and confrontation with the limits of human understanding. The work belongs to the late-19th-century revival of large English choral composition and is studied by listeners interested in Victorian sacred music and the English Musical Renaissance.

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What story does Parry’s Job tell?

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry’s Job sets episodes from the biblical Book of Job, including Job’s suffering and his struggle to understand it. The work moves toward a confrontation with the limits of human understanding and divine justice.

When was Parry’s Job completed?

Parry completed Job for the 1892 Three Choirs Festival. It is an English oratorio for solo voices, mixed chorus, and orchestra.

What forces are needed for Job?

The work requires vocal soloists, a mixed choir, and an orchestra. That combination makes it suited to a major concert performance rather than a small unaccompanied choral program.

Is Parry’s Job related to Handel’s biblical oratorios?

Both works use a biblical subject and the oratorio form, but Parry’s Job belongs to the late nineteenth-century English choral tradition. It was written for the Three Choirs Festival in 1892, more than a century after Handel’s major English oratorios.

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